The project in five facts.
Challenge, approach and results.
Buildings have a significant impact on the environment, as they consume enormous quantities of natural resources and release emissions that cause global warming. Sustainable construction is a building approach that is friendly to both people and the environment, conserves natural resources and prevents pollution. The design of a low-energy building is considered a viable option for reducing the negative impacts of increased energy consumption in construction and maintenance processes. The purpose of the work was to determine the environmental impact of a low-energy house in the municipality of Lovrenc na Pohorju. The research section presents the calculations required to verify the stated hypotheses.
Problem
Buildings have a significant impact on the environment, as they consume enormous quantities of natural resources and release emissions that cause global warming. Sustainable construction is a building approach that is friendly to both people and the environment, conserves natural resources and prevents pollution.
Solution and Method
The design of a low-energy building is considered a viable option for reducing the negative impacts of increased energy consumption in construction and maintenance processes. This design approach consists of the inventive exploitation of the building's form and envelope with the aim of saving energy. The topic of low-energy buildings has in recent years, due to energy-saving policies in developed countries, received wide and growing interest.
The design of a low-energy building is addressed through measures for energy conservation and energy production from renewable sources, but proper assessment of the phenomena occurring in the building typically requires the execution of dynamic simulations and analysis of multiple scenarios to achieve an optimal solution. The goal of low-energy design is to make buildings as 'passive' as possible, which means they can meet most of their occupants' heating, cooling and lighting needs from the external environment – and then maintain occupant comfort as the external cycle moves from day to night, summer to winter.
Results
The purpose of the work was to determine the environmental impact of a low-energy house in the municipality of Lovrenc na Pohorju. The research section presents the calculations required to verify the stated hypotheses. The project comprises a low-energy house in the municipality of Lovrenc na Pohorju.
It is a single-family house. It was established that the construction of a low-energy house in the municipality of Lovrenc na Pohorju is more favourable than conventional construction due to low primary energy consumption, a low coefficient of specific transmission heat losses, and furthermore more than 25% of the total final energy in the low-energy house in the municipality of Lovrenc na Pohorju is provided through the use of renewable sources. In addition, it has a favourable impact on the environment, as the annual emissions from the low-energy house in the municipality of Lovrenc na Pohorju are lower than permitted.
One of the first advantages of energy-efficient homes is a significant reduction in bills. By improving the energy efficiency of a home, dependence on traditional energy sources is reduced and carbon emissions are thereby reduced. Improving the energy efficiency of a home also promotes the conservation of natural resources.
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